Washing-machine



(No Model.) G. MARTIN.

WASHING MACHINE.

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CHRISTIAN MARTIN, OF GOSHEN, INDIANA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 300,992, dated June 24,1884.

Application filed March 22, 1883. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN MARTIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Goshen, in the county of Elkhart and State of Indiana, haveinvented a new and useful Washing-l\Iachine, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to that class of washing-machines in which thecleansing of the clothes is effected by the action of an oscillatingbeater or paddle; and it consists in certain improvements in theconstruction of the same, which will be hereinafter fully described, andparticularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure 1 is a longitudinal verticalsectional view of my improved washing-machine. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview of the beater orpaddle detached,

and Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section.

The same letters refer to the same parts in all the figures.

A in the drawings represents the suds-box, which is provided with asheet-metal bottom, B, of the usual curved form. The boX A may besupported upon legs 0 O.

Upon the inner sides of the side pieces, D D, of box A are secured lugsE E, and between the sides and near the ends of the boX are pivotedboards F F, the inner sides of which are corrugated or ribbed, as shown.

G is the cover, the under side of which is provided with longitudinalcleats H H, adapted to rest upon the lugs E E. To the ends of the coverare hinged lids I I, the outer ends of which are provided with cleats Jupon their under sides. The sides of the lids I are also provided withcleats K.

L representsthe beater, which consists of a top piece or body, Z, havinglaterally-extending trunnions m, and to the sides of which are securedtwo concavo-convex boards, a, connected by end pieces, M, so as to leavea space between the said boards. The outer concave sides of the boardsforming the beater are corrugated, and they are provided with perforations O. The beater'is hinged or pivoted between the cleats H H uponthe under side of cover G, and the latter is provided with a slot, I,through which projects the operating U lever or handle Q of the beater.\Vhen the cover is placed in position, the pivoted boards F may beturned over so as to rest against the lugs E and the ends of cleats H.By closing the lids I down, the boards F will be held in position by thecleats J at the ends of said lids. The latter may be secured by hooks B,pivoted to the sides of the box. The shape of the heater is such that itwill gather up the clothes and compress them between itself and the endboards, the water escaping through the perforations O and the spacebetween the boards of which the beater is formed. By raising'either ofthe lids' I the board F, held by said lid, may be swung outward and usedas a hand-board.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States In a washing-maehine, the combination of the suds-box A,provided with lugs E, the corrugated boards F, pivoted near the ends ofthe same, whereby they may rest against said lugs, the cover G, havingcleats H, resting upon the lugs, the oscillating beater pivoted betweenthe cleats H, the lids I, hinged to the ends of the cover, and havingcleats J, adapted to confine and hold the pivoted board against thelugs, cleats K at the sides of the lids, and hooks B, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHRISTIAN MARTIN.

\Vitnesses A. S. ZooK, Lou W. VAIL.

